"spitter" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: spitters [plural]
Etymology: From spit (“rod; skewer”) + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|spit|er|t1=rod; skewer}} spit (“rod; skewer”) + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} spitter (plural spitters)
  1. One who puts meat on a spit.
    Sense id: en-spitter-en-noun-UmM6CldB Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 54 46
  2. A young deer whose antlers are beginning to shoot or become sharp; a brocket, or pricket.
    Sense id: en-spitter-en-noun-7sIy4d6P Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: spittard
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: spitters [plural]
Etymology: From spit (verb) + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|spit|er|id2=agent noun|pos1=verb}} spit (verb) + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} spitter (plural spitters)
  1. One who spits. Translations (one that spits): sylkijä (Finnish), spūtātor [masculine] (Latin), плева́льщик (pleválʹščik) [masculine] (Russian), плева́льщица (pleválʹščica) [feminine] (Russian), pljùvāč [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), pljuvàčica [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-spitter-en-noun-tWSRzivp Disambiguation of 'one that spits': 73 11 16
  2. (baseball) A spitball. Categories (topical): Baseball
    Sense id: en-spitter-en-noun-Uz0P3vi1 Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  3. (herpetology, slang) A spitting cobra. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Herpetology Categories (lifeform): Cervids
    Sense id: en-spitter-en-noun-FRwMWS8E Disambiguation of Cervids: 9 17 10 11 53 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 10 11 15 54 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 10 8 12 10 60 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 7 6 8 8 70 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 10 9 12 12 57 Topics: biology, herpetology, natural-sciences, zoology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: spitters are quitters
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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